Chapter 3
A.N. A special thanks to my reviewers, in order of reviews. Oplindenfep, Anon, TatlTails, VerdICe, another anon, SaphireWhiteWolf, and iEspeon. Thanks for the support!
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Link cocked his head to the side, slightly confused. It had been a full minute since he introduced himself, and the two oddly colored horses, with wings and horns no less, had not moved or said anything. Link was fairly certain that a horse with armor and a crown probably talked, and in his experience, the oddest things ended up having a voice.
"Um, you can talk, right?" Link spoke to the two, as he rearranged the elements in his arms to a more comfortable position.
"O-of course! We are just surprised that you can," The white horse stammered, in a confused and slightly nervous tone. Link nodded; obviously they hadn't seen a Hylian nor a human before, quite understandable.
"Well, could you answer my question? Where am I?" Link repeated, gazing expectantly at the two equines.
"You are in our personal chambers," The smaller, darker horse announced in a regal tone. Link raised his eyebrow.
"Could you be more specific?" The two horses turned to each other, and then back at Link.
"You are in Canterlot castle, the capital city of Equestria," The white horse answered. Link ignored Canterlot and Equestria, since he didn't know where those were anyways.
"Castle? So you two are royalty, correct?" Link posed another question to the two, hoping to gather more information.
"Yes, I am Princess Celestia, and this is my sister, Princess Luna," The taller white one, Celesta, informed Link. Princess horses? Were horses the dominant species here? They probably were, seeing as they announced themselves as rulers of Equestria, wherever in the goddesses name that was.
"Now hold on a minute! We should be asking questions, not you!" The darker one, Luna, said loudly, obviously only just realized Link was taking information from them, "Like, how did you get here, and what are you doing with the Elements of Harmony!" Link blinked in surprise. These horses knew of the Elements? Was it possible that this was where the Elements originated from?
"You know of the Elements?" Link asked curiously. Hey, if this was where they were from, maybe these two princesses could tell him more about them.
The darker one huffed. "Of course we do! They are supposed to be locked in a chest in the castle somewhere!" Luna announced, confirming Link's suspicion. This was where the Elements came from, "Now answer our questions!" Luna ordered.
"Alright, I guess I do owe you an explanation. Well, I was exploring a temple," Link was cut off.
"A temple? Why were you exploring that?" Celestia's voice cut in. Link sighed; this was going to be a long explanation.
"I guess I should start from the beginning then. You see, in the beginning, there were three goddesses…"
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Link sighed in exhaustion. It had taken around an hour, but he had covered the goddesses, the Sacred Realm, The Interlopers and The Twili, the Triforce, the Light Spirits, Zant, Ganondorf, The Master Sword, and finally his own story up till before he found the Elements.
"That's-that's an amazing story Link," Celestia commented. Link only nodded, and continued on.
"So, in the Temple of Time, I thought I saw a chest in the past, but at the time I didn't stop to look. So, I went back later to look for it. When I opened it, I found these," Link gestured to the Elements, which he had at his feet, "Midna gave me a little information on them," Link said. He was about to continue, when Luna cut him off.
"You mentioned this 'Midna' person before, who is she?" Link mentally face palmed. How could he have not shown them?
"Alright, don't freak out." Celestia and Luna looked at each other in confusion, and then turned their gaze back to Link.
"Midna, get out here," Link spoke to his shadow, momentarily confusing the sisters. Then it shifted.
Luna was vaguely reminded of Nightmare when she was in her shadowy form, except this shadow was less malevolent. It quickly became solid, forming an imp with gray and black skin, a large stone helmet covering one eye, orange hair and a crimson eye. Blue markings ran across her arms, and she floated in a relaxed pose.
"Hi, the knucklehead forgot about me while he was telling you the story, so now I have to introduce myself. I'm Midna." She smiled, but it was a sarcastic smile, exposing her fangs.
"It's a pleasure to meet you," Celestia said, and Luna nodded along with her. If Celestia remembered correctly, Midna was also a princess, of the Twili. So she was sort of a visiting dignitary, albeit from a different dimension.
"Anyways, after I had all of the Elements at once, my Triforce," Link held up his left hand, exposing the slightly glowing triangle, "The Triforce of Courage, began glowing, as did the Elements. Then a huge flash filled the room, and I was suddenly plopped onto your rug," Link finished his story, waiting expectantly for the Princesses' reactions. Celestia seemed accepting of the story, but Luna was a little suspicious.
"The Elements are here, why were they at that temple in your world?" Link had no idea, but tried to give his best theory.
"I'm not sure, but they seemed like they hadn't been touched in a very long time, so maybe the goddesses or someone else found the Elements long ago and stored them in the Temple. You never know, the Hero of Time before me went to another dimension before, maybe someone else just went to this one instead," Link shrugged, and turned to Midna, who did the same.
"I don't know, maybe. I'm not exactly a historian you know," Midna's sarcastic tone went ignored by Link. The sisters seemed deep in thought. A moment passed, and then the sisters spoke.
"This is an… interesting revelation, as there are now two sets of the Elements, and two people from another dimension. Although, this could be beneficial. The recent events have shown us that the Elements can be disabled easily, and from your stories, you are absolutely capable of defeating evil. And with the second set of Elements, we could have a backup of sorts, at least until we find out how to get you back to your dimension," Link had to admit, Celestia was quite a good ruler, from what he'd seen so far. Then he asked a question.
"Why don't you tell me about this world? You know, so I can get used to it." Celestia and Luna smiled, it was their turn for a story…
A/N A little bit more words this time, I hope ya liked it. Send in some ideas, I'm always open to them. As long as it isn't some crazy stupid idea. Talon Out!